Quick story- I had a buddy who was a cop in LA. Well early in his career he mistook a kid for an armed gunman and shot and killed him. He was pretty distraught over it for years so he decided to not be a street cop and swore to never draw his gun again. Well a few years back on Christmas Eve, this group of gunmen took over a highrise in LA and took a bunch of people hostage inside. Well it turns out that one of the people inside was an off duty cop who was trying to stop the gunmen himself. All this time he was on the radio with my cop friend trying to coordinate help. In the end, the guy inside stopped most of them, but near the end of the situation one gunmen ran out ready to shoot. My buddy, having sworn never to draw his gun and seemingly incapable of even firing a gun, drew his pistol and fired at the man dropping him dead. While he never got over the guilt of the kid, he ended up saving lives and being a hero. Hope this helps.
I'm glad you posted this. Not out of any personal motive or agenda towards guns but I enjoyed reading it. I hope your friend found inner peace, because I have heard about people who have killed and never recovered, but this is just one of those feel good stories.
He did. Ended up having a nice family in the suburbs with a weird kid for a neighbor. The off duty cop ended up getting a divorce and was an alcoholic for a time.
This one time I was hitting it from behind, chick just started having a seizure. I stood there naked, watching feeling helpless. After a few minutes of her showing no signs of movement I decided to go wash up in the sink and head home.
I know military veterans who may have, though they are very reticent on the subject. However, there is one man -a former colleague - who was willing to talk about it. He used to work for the Chilean military dictatorship under Pinochet in the mid to late 70s in the state/secret police. Said killing a human being became second nature when the job required it, especially when the "subversives could not be reasoned with", and that they were a "threat to [our] way of life". He claimed killing and torturing more than a dozen of people by his own hands, and casually admits his organization may have killed several thousands. That a murderer is free to walk amidst us, and live very prosperously speaks volumes about the nature of justice under politics since the people he worked for were supported by the US. Lastly, I am sensitive to anyone who uses his rhetoric when discussing current events; I don't know which comes first, the rhetoric or the killing, but it's a dangerous path when you start objectifying people like that.
The first few times it was difficult, but got easier with each kill Now, I don't even think about it. My experience at a game earlier this year: Me - hey, you're in my seats! Them - "no we're not, we were here first" Me - let me see your tickets Them - "ok" (starts pulling out the tickets) Me - screw this, breaks his neck, pushes the body away and we enjoy the game. That is, until we decide to move down :grin: Pugs
Nah, but my girl be killin em. <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Lc3n8aPdBpA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
This one time I went on this crazy killing spree, but then I got shotgunned by some camper. Frikken n00bs.
